Spatio-temporal shifts in gradients of habitat quality for an opportunistic avian predator

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-255

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Pedrini, Paolo ^b   Marchesi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Raptor Conservation Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NEST SITE; RAPTOR;

ITALY;

AVES; BUBO; BUBO BUBO; CICONIIFORMES; GALLIFORMES; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0012810056     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03426.x     Document Type: Article

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